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sPA1N's MINISTER WOULDN'T FIGHT


Challenged In Guatemala Because His Wife
Played Politics In HIS Absence.
A letter received yesterday from Guate-
mala by Whitehall street merchant says:
"Mr. jose Carrera son of the Minister Pleni-
potentiary OF Guatemala, in Madrid. ohal-
lenged Melchior Ordoiez, Minister Resident Of
Spain In Central America. which SGT the people
talking. not only becante of duel itself, but
because OF the international complications tho
duel portends. It ia asserted that Mr.. Ordoiez
answered the challenge thus:
Being Minister cannot night without being author.
lied thereto BY my Government
"The motive Of the quarrel was as follows:
Ordonez openly sympathized with the Cabinet
that had just fallen. and his house was tho
meeting place of the Clerical party. and the
Spanish legation continued to be the centre Of
the people who are opposed to the existing
Government. The Spanish Minister. Mr.
Ordofiez made a trip to the republic Of San
Salvador, leaving his wife IN Guatemala. Mrs.
0rdonez being even less diplomatic than her
most zealously against his new Cabinet.
q ME- Jose ho o Mrs Mr. o esE
the he prssence Of several others. and based apon
President Barillas. against whom Mrs. ordo-
Barillas selected his new Cabinet from among
Carrero challenged him. but the duel did not
tel se ss for the xS s9S ss soys N
Madrid will vote whether or not i is a good
thing for its Ministers to NEEDLE In the politics
VI the viii stand 1S ai
30 and take the CONSEQUENCE.
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Recorder nnyth had Already Refused 70
Send These Charge. 10 the Grand Jury.

Heeorser r,,ytr had Already Refused 10
scnd These Charge. 10 the Grand jury.
District Attorney MARITIME said yesterday,
in reference to tho aIidavits OF Lewis Ban
ders John wcbber. and other gentlemen, just
presented to him. charging Register slevin
with cxtortion, and demanding that the Dis
trict Attorney take steps to secure Register
Slevins Indictment, that he understood that
these same afidavits had been laid before Re-
corder smyth early in the spring. with q IKE
request to place them before the Grand jury.
II understand" said Mr.. MARITIME. that the
Recorder told the gentlemen pressing the
charge that they had no case, and that ne
would not allow them TO 20 before the Grand
Jury. or course II ono Of our Judges has
passed upon the matter that settles 1t. pro-
pose. before 20 further. 10 ind out II tho he
corder did refuse to let these afidavits 20 into
the Grand Jury ROOM"
Recorder Snyth said that early In May
Messrs. Sanders. webbsr, and the other mem
bers Of the committed. Of real estate lawyers.
called upon him and. aiteE making Ssssaaa
hands OF the Grand Jury. These charges were
SUBSTANTIALLY the same as those Just presented
toId these aentien,cn," said the Recorder.
rs .hsSs shssss the form 81 s
and then declined and shall still decline. TO
allow the affidayite TO 60 before the Grand
Jury. In the first place. tho proceeding aeked
for Mas not q proper ono. II anybody believed
that H Register Slevin's ofiieiaI conduct was
criminal. and that the Register ought to
he brought to account. the proper thing ior
that person to do was to make complaint
before q Police Justice. Then Register Slevin
would have a chance to defend himself at once;
In tho second place. tho explanation submitted
to mo by Register blevin seemed to me com,
plete. It showed that at the time the alleged
extortionate charges were made In his once
the Board of Estimate and Apportlonment
bad 50 curtailed his funds for clerk hire that
he did not have money to run his Office prop
erly. and that extra pay for expeditions work
was necessity. Now. that ie all there 70 to r."
Register Sleyin submitted his affidavit to the
Recorder on May 49,. He says that on April a.
1887 he wrote to Mayor Hewitt com planning
that tho Board Of Estimate and Apportionment
had not given him enough money to run bis
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment then
memorfalized the Legislature to pass an act
allowing extra compensation to be paid to the
searchers In the Registers office over and
above their regular salary: and that the Lcgis-
lature did pass an act, giving tho Register power
to fix IN extra compensation to be paid to his
searchers for hurry searches" this compen-
sation to 60 into tho city treasury after the OK.
pense Of the search was DEDUCTED. The Regis.
tor declared that the so-called overcharges
were. those which had becn here expressly
le0alfzad.
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Strong, but Not tho Strongest.

There has been OF late q scattering dis
cussion Of the possibilities and probabilities
OF Mr.. ROBERT TODD LINCOLN as Q candi-
date for the Presidency. Mr.. LINCOLN has
declared that he would not take the Vice.
Presidency II 1t were offered to him. That
Is perhaps a rather arrogant declaration for
a man in tho forties and OF slender ex-
perience in public life. That Mr.. LINCOLN
or anybody else would take the Presidency
If ne could get it, nobody doubts. The ques-
ton Is whether In the event Of Mr.. BLAINE's
withdrawal or disability Mr.. LINCOLN will
appear to combine such elements of popular
strength as would powerfully recommend
him to the Republican Convention; or
whether his boom will prove as Intellectual
now as In 1884.
It would be unjust to say that ROBERT
LNooLNs sole strength Is the fact that he
Is ABRAHAM LIScoLNs son. II he were not.
he would probably never have been Secre-
tary Of War nor thought OF as Presidential
candidate. His name Ia one to conjure with
politically, and especially In tho South. where
It would probably bring out the colored vote
as no other name could, In the North, too,
purely sentimental canvass consisting In
the main OF enthusiastic "Reminiscences OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN and the civil war. and
passionate denunclatiOn OF the alleged In
stincts Of the Democratic party as illustrated
by Mr.. CLEvRLAND's silly battle flag order,
might take. The danger would lie In overdo-
ing the mysteries. Moreover. there is some
thing offensive to American ideas and the
american citizen In tho doctrine Of i'm
puted political righteousness. To make q
Presidents son President smacks too much
OF hereditary privileges. And ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN has become q great national name.
above party. although tho party whose first
President he WAS tries to monopolize him.
Yet with judlcious management RoBKRr
LMooLNs candidacy might prove reason
ably stron9. Though enjoying ma
ti0nAl reputation. which hSAhAa nss1gAoAs
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In these aix cities alone there has been an
increase Of 4.247 deaths In the frst six months
of the year the totals being 42.s41 for 1856,
against fOSs In 1887 The children given in
Ave weeks ending July 80 tho death rate was
still higher than In the six months table. In
Boston there were ATE deaths In that time, the
ratio per 1000 Of population being 30.40 or
these 684 were children under, 5 years Of ago.
their rate to the total mortality being 48 per
yentnhls causes. tho percentage te. the total
mortality being 81. In New York city
deaths. the rats being $685.. The children
numbered 3041, making 50 per cont. OF the
total mortality, and the deaths from zymotic
or preventable diseases numbered 2250, or 43.6
per cont. Of the total mortality. In BROOKLYN
there was 2,2i4 deaths In five weeks. the rate
being 1898. OF this number 1919 were chill
dren. the per cent. 10 tho total mortality being
G2. and l.0s7 were from zymoic diseases:
in Philadelphia 81 percent. OF y. very high total
represented ehlldfeu, In Chicago the rate
went w to 1888 In July, 1.a25 OF the dead be-
lug children. and 40 doaths being caused by
2ymotic diseases. In Pittsburgh the rate Is
higher even than in New York, 81 per 1000
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nUmoRs AF1oAT IN WALL STREET
Brokers Uncertain About . n. and O..w.
U. Deal-An Ancient Stery Denied Again.

Brokers Uncertain About . n. and O..w.
U. Deal-An Ancient Story Denled Again.
Wall street men had only two hours yes
terday in which to substantiate and deny, or
to accept and discard. tho multitude OF contra
dictory reports circulated about everything
and everybody. 1t was brisk two hours for
them, and when they fitted away to noun
tain and seaside resorts, many confessed that
they were quite as dazed as ordinary men well
could be and retain the semblancs Of sane men.
The fact that the reported transfer Of the Bal
tmors and Ohio Telegraph Company to the
Western Union Telegraph Company was
neither authoritativsly confirmed nor denied
caused unessinsss to spectators on both the
New York Stock Exchange and the Console
dated stock and Petroleum :. E51Ss a'ag Xou
lane who weren't 6rmiy convinced that the
Western Union will soon direct the policy Of
and, moreover, there was q vast continent
who accented the statement that the two com
are IL apd hs
lift the Baltimore and Ohio RAILROAD out Of tho
people to dee dse sss0'p postsey the situs'on
caused disappointment to many who went
down town aSit9 certain t5st tb an aGa az
the Western Union Company would DO forth
lnlS ulbHppOiuIW6uC W Boil ulONc..
ment which carried down Western Union and
other stocks In Sympathy. and when the bank
statement was issued showing q loss to the
reserve Of q million and odd dollars the tone
was uniformly weak and momentarily shabby.
Mr.. Jay Gould did NOT come to town. Mr.. Rus
different to the street reports about the report
Union. and nothing official will be given until
Thai. perennial chestnut that the New York
New Haven and Hartford or the "consoli-
dated" and the Boston and Albany were to
form one line, and that the NeW York and New
were to be absorbed, was revived in Boston on
Friday night and imposed upon morning
newspaper. yesterday. President Clark OF the
New York. New Haven and Hartford again pro
nouues3 the yarn a fabrication. and one Of the
Executive Committee OF the New York and New
England denied 1t for his company.
and Hartford met at the Grand Central Depot
and voted to instruct the Executive Commit:
tee Of the company TO prepare the plans and
specifications for application to the Railroad
Commissioners for the elimination OF eyery
Haven. Many Of the roads crossings II this
are about o hundred from the Now York State
line to New Haven that will either DO sunk or
raised according to tho topography.
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Work and Play.

Do people understand how large part of
tho year is now devoted to rest from labor
under the laws Of this State2
The Saturday half holiday takes out 26 full
days In the year. That Is equal to nearly o
month, and 1t becomes more than q month
when the loss VI time incidentally occasioned
by shutting down is added. Then we must
add the 81 Sundays Of tho year, and the Oc-
oasional legal holidays, making about two
months more.
Thus we find that one-fourth OF the work.
Ing year Is gone. Suppose that the hours OF
labor are reduced from ten to eight or one
9th. One-hfth Of the remaining nine months
would 10 nearly two months more; 80 that
OF the whole year tho working time would
equal sovcn months and the resting time five
months. Make the whole OF Saturday holt
day. as In many kinds OF business 1t is now
practically. II the law making half Of it a
holiday is taken advantage OF by those en-
ployed, and half OF the year Is devoted to
work and half to play.
or course II wages are not reduced proper
tionately 10 the greater time lost from labor,
q country which 30 divides the year Is at a
hopeless disadvantage In competing with
countries which work the year through, UNI
Less 1t adopts the principle OF protection to
Its industry by shutting off the possibility of
foreign competition with its labor.
England Just now Is complaining bitterly
Of the competition Of Germany. which Is
undertaking 1t even In England itself. The
taxable income Of trades and professions in
England fell OF S24 900 900 In the year 1856,
and the entire decrease was Ss5, 100000. Ger
many not only works for less wages but
works more hours for the money. England
b sunday-keeping country. and therefore
Ifty-two days in the year are there lost from
labor and production. In Germany the case
Is very different, IA appears from the results
Of an inquiry lately made by the Home
Once, which now publishes three volumes,
containing over one thousand pages, filed
with tho evidence.
Tho inquiry was concerning Sunday labor
In the Empire. and 1t was very thorough.
Such labor. 1t appears, Is very extensively
carried ON, tho excuse for 1t being that 1t is
necessary for making repairs to machinery,
cleaning up, and the like, to prevent an in
furious break In operations, and because Of
the gradual growth Of custom One report
from Baxony says that Sunday labor has
become usual n most fAstoElss and work
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Trousers for Women.

1t is reported from Paris that six married
ladies' Of title have discarded the conven-
tional dress Of their sex and adopted the
attire OF men. They are following the lead
of a French woman who has of late made
herself conspicuous by advocating such q
change which. she contends. Is necessary
preliminary to the emancipation Of women
from restraints that fatally handicap them
In their competition with men under the OPP
portunities Afforded by modern civilization.
OF course. II women have determined to
dress Ike msn. we should not undertake the
hOpsleas task Of attempting 10 dissuaAs than
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From The oou,ssr,Journal

On great occasions the President has shown
himself capable OF great possibilities and this tariff
issue his instincts thoroughly sound and Democratic
should rather trust his and than trust
some men who rattle around professional reformers
and who know all about II and going TO do wonder
ful things-untl the time for fighting comeA Always
right heart Mr. Cleveland has been hard student OF
the tariff question the last two and understands
It. He truly Frank Hurd himself the iniqui
ties bound up In It, He knows we'll Carlisle and
Mills that must be disposed OF Immediately And he
no afraid Of t than he AFRAID Of the Five
cent Elevator bill the Dependent Pension bill When
consider him In these connections to him and
forget my Of his lack OF veteran experience and
intellectual sympahea the possession Of winch would
give him genuine JAsksonlAn character aad following
L..
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MORTALITY IN THE CITIEA
Startling Death RAts In six sf the Chief
Centres or Pspuiatiss.


Boston, Sept. 10.-To ASCERTAIN how the
death rate In Boston compares with that OF
other cities in the country. the Boston Board
OF Health has been at some pains to collect In
formation from the reports Of kindred Boards
In other largo cities, and Dr. Mcconnell has
made out q table of averages which is Of con-
siderable value. Though the death rate Of
Boston is alarminRly high. 1t appears that the
same is true Of every city In the
Union. with the exception Of Bal
timore. which has had lower rate
during the heated term than Il usually
has at such seasons. II the deaths caused BY
atmospheric. conditions had been caused BY an
would have been q panIc in the country. AZ It
is. the high death rate SCENE to attract nothing
more than passing notice. The figures for the
the corresponding months last year, and In
the period Is not included the hottest and most
fatal month Of the twelve. DR.. McConnell's
table contains the following facts:
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An Old Georgia Joke.


In the old days of camp meetings horn was
blown TO wake the congregation in the morning The
instrument hung the stsnd ana wn1, generally
sounded BY OF thu reverend bsethFeD. OF
camp nesting great place for practicAl Jokes And
10 this sret played brother at Boag spring
before the war" A Tnsealy fellow died the horn
with soft SoAp. brotherS a and vent down 10 the
Arbor E the noruinE u sound the horn BrNtheT
A. took g. and slahdinS 10 tT0at o Brother b. proseed
ed blow blast, or Broher D. slick face
lied with ths pAle coat of 00f soap AS
as he could prevent sFanguAhsn he spoke out soms-
!. Ssss ~ N:sasa':. gss.sa.. AZ OF EsaEs L
egas1ssaIaly z SSaI WkS lkS so II sun
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11

Our London correspondence this morning
Is of unusual interest. Tho review Of Mr.
GLApsroNE's political course and public utter
ances during tho period Of our struggle with
the South will be read with deep interest
throughout the whole country. We have seen
no moro mastery or judicial-minded estimate
Of Mr.. GLADSTONE than 1t contains in its brief
and striking summary Of his political career.
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II the GEORGE party should make many
converts in the interior Of the State. the Re-
publican party would probably be the principal
sufferer. The Prohibitionists in tho country
districts are already doing their best to make
life burden to tho grand old party. Between
GEORGE and HUNTINGTON. wind and water, 30
to speak. the Republicans may find themselves
harder hit than they suppose.
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Mr.. LARRY JEROME. who has Just returned
from Europe. has been telling Herald reporter some
strange things. He ofers to bot from $500 70 $500
that CHAuyckv N. DErEw has the New York delegation
in the next Republican National Convention Epoch.
But how about the objection to making a
railroad President the candidate for a great
political office? Wouldn't the anti-monopo-
lists rise up against It? Would the Republican
party be willing to invite their opposition?
However. there is no doubt that CHAuNcEY
DEPEw is now far more popular than any other
Republican citizen Of this State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11

The efforts Of the New Yorks to play a
giants game of base ball in Boston have not
been successful Tho last games Of the Bos-
tons on their own grounds have been their
best games
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11
A Geaaine Preach Compliment 10 Tho Sun.
Krum tAe Courier Or Elais Unll

Yesterday TIE Sun published an article
which 10 nolsWorthy account Of the remarkable
accuracy Of s sisws and of Ia lsss remarkable In
Partially relating the Of the mobilization Of
the Seventeenth Arm- Corps Of France II would be
impossible To eornulAts with mere iueidity and lso
the tmDrSsoa that the realization % ths Dlans of usn
nsaAA1sr uAasr the Alnilry that Ia gaoeesasa lin
M lsssS ASA inazsaaAsss nlAaG veaciE .t ~. !
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-11

Tho Tower of Babel hats which may be
observed on many of the young women at
present are almost too tall to get into any OF
the theatres. A melancholy prospect frowns
before the drama IL these hats can enter.
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supsr,nt..a..t Murray. Doxoleai.t..

Superintendent Murray issued no instruo-
tons yesterday respecting tonights concerto but his
will ~ previous sundayA attend the concertsn
the capacity OF experts IN Barred music anc get
rants for tho arrest Of all secular musicians
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Truth wen Expre.sed.

Truth Well ExpreSsed.
FIOM he Kansas Guy TiMeG
There II no brighter and better paper than
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ss:s' 9: 4: n 4 .:iE: & c:si. B. g., :; e:
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-23

dead certainty inueeu-DeTtAa wouAo
die if she sunk as she was sinking dur
ing the month or two that followed
the falling of the great picture. All
the neighborhood had the tale; the
"Golden Dragon" had sent it round
the bride at the castle was wasting
away and dying. The doctors found no
disease, but she was fading as flower
fades whose life is done.
The Schwartzberg case began to fill
the papers of Geneva. Two brothers
had quarreled long ago, and the younger
of the two had incurred his father S
anger and gone away an exile from his
home and country. He ran through
his portion in wild life, and never came
back like the prodigal. But his son
came back, as a stranger and a peasant,
to live gloomy aud discontented under
the shadow of the castle where his
father had lived as boy. His fathers
brother was there, grown old now, and
the heir was the grandson--a boy, with
an elder sister just in the flower OF girl
hood. The young heir had been killed
by o fall on the rocks. The old Baror
had died and man with no name ba
schmidt was IN the place of the Barons
of Schwartzberg The great case draggget
on as a nine days wonder. There wer'
!, two wills. One was produced from tn,
, safe of an old notary of Schwartzberg
It was written after the boys untimel!
death, aud gave the property to tn
, next heir of the Schwartzberg Barons
! the male descendant of the absen
brother. The other will was write
the night of the Baron's death. 1t wa
/ disputed because it was drawn up whe
Q the testator was weak in mind, on th
8 brink of death and it had been done
the instigation of Schmidt himself. Wei
r all the village had been amazed to di'
J. cover who Fritz Hartmann was; thei
e was NO doubt how the case would g
eI "But the poor lady--it 10 sad *
her," said one Of the idlers outside II
!, inn. @
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-23
$4,000.

cnn ACRES IN soNOMA COUNTY,
1OUU fenced and divided; about 400 acres
tillable land; 9acres vines ana iruit; three
are omen land, studded with black oaks,
redwood enough to pay for the whole place
Sl25OO-s20 acres United States patent and
500 possessory in Sonoma county; good or
chard; 20 acres In bearing vines; houses,
etc. all farm tools.
Good land from $40 to 500 per acre IN 30.
for Iists 10 CANAAN &LYON,
d2SIm $50 Kearny st., San Francisco.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-23
Southern Headquarters
JACKSON'S NAPA SODA SPRINGS
A Pure Mineral Water Bottled
fm it's Own Gas.
ANALYSIS OF TIE WATER.

TESTIMONIALS.
We the undersigned physicians. practic-
ing in the city OF San Francisco. have ex-
amined the result of the analysis made by
DR.. l.. LausZweert, practical chemist, Of the
water OF Napa Soda Springs OF Napa. The
water, according to this examination, pos
sesses sperient, anti-acid and fine tonic
properties, which cannot fail to be very
beneficial in the treatment of chronic dis
eases and affordlng a pleasant, healthful
A. F. Sawyer, John +. Morse. Arthur B.
Stout. William O. Ayers, II. Gibbons. Chas.
Bertody. F. A. Holman A. J. Bowie, J. r.
Whitney, ]. Fourgeaud, W. f. McNutt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27
AToneue En Knots.

contracted malaria In the swamps of LOFTS
lana while working for the telegraph company
and used every kind OF medicine l could hear
of without relief. l at last succeeded in break
ing the fever, but it cost me over $4,000, and
then my system was prostrated aud saturated
with malarlal poison and became almost help
less. finally came here, my mouth so filled
with sores that could scarcely eat, and my
tongue raw and Oiled withlitle knots, Various
remedies were resorted to without cifsct.
bought two bottles Of b. b, Il. and it has cured
and strengthened me-. All sores OF my mouth
are healed and my tongue entirely Clear Of
knots and soreness, and feel Ikea new man.
Jackson, Tenn April -, 1856
n EnLTrNN-
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

PIT. Barnum's $4,000 lion "Kenne-
dy,' which has been suffering IRON
paralysis for over u year, was released
from further suffering on "Wednesday
BY gentle potion containing sixteen
ounces OF chloroform. Twelve doe
tors and Mr.. Barnum watched the
death OF the animal, which occurred
lust six minutes after the chloroform
was administered.
General Hszen caught the cold
which resulted in his death while ex-
amining an empty house in Washing
ton, which it was proposed TO pur-
chase for the Signal Service. His i'm
prudence in going to White House
reception while still suffering from
she cold accelerated it, progress and
FASTENED his death